For the water cooler: Graduate of two law schools who never attended college may take the bar exam, court rules; Lawyers mimic defendant BuzzFeed in motion with clickbait heading and adorable kitten photo; North Carolina becomes first state to require lawyers to reveal innocence evidence after conviction; Why ‘Higher-Class’ Women Won’t Get That Biglaw Job: Hiring Biases That You Won’t Believe!; Federal Charges Against Judge Who Allegedly Traded Sex For Help With Traffic Tickets; How Hunting Clients Is Like Being Addicted To Tinder; The 5 Most Expensive Law Schools In America (2017); Boutique Bests Biglaw In Booze-Bottle Battle; Seattle sues over threat to withhold funds from ‘sanctuary cities’; Law deans were unaware of judge’s largesse in wrongful foreclosure case; Hawaii federal judge extends order blocking revised travel ban, ‘will not crawl into a corner’; Chemerinsky: Civil rights advocates win important victories at SCOTUS & GOP could try these ‘nuclear option’ alternatives to put Gorsuch on the Supreme Court.

For the water cooler: Former Brooklyn prosecutor is accused of forging judges’ signatures to obtain wiretaps; Bill Would Protect Climate-Change Deniers From Discrimination; 2nd Circuit allows sex bias suit based on gay stereotyping; concurrence argues for broader decision; DOJ cited privilege in seeking to block Russia testimony by former acting attorney general; Law firm’s suit claims its lawyer stole client information for firm he operated on the side; Red-flag billing practices chronicled; report finds ‘upbilling’ by 21 percent of law firms; In answer to ABA lawsuit, Education Department says it never changed loan forgiveness rules; The Show That Shaped The Perception Of Lawyers; Litigation Finance For Defendants; On The Longevity Of Supreme Court Justices & ABA Finally Puts Law School On Probation For Horrendous Bar Passage Rates.

For the water cooler: Faxes may be little used, but they are still the subject of suits alleging violations of federal law; Lawyer is surprised by vitriol over her representation of Trump’s son-in-law and daughter; Federal judge tosses suit against property owner who shot down hovering drone; ABA puts Arizona Summit School of Law on probation; This Solo Practitioner Is Suing Donald Trump; Student Found Dead On Campus At Harvard Law School; Lawyer pleads guilty in $550M disability fraud scheme, admits bribing administrative law judge; Law school debt—and private school tuition revenue—may be declining; Ban on nonlawyer investment in law firms doesn’t violate right of association, 2nd Circuit rules; Getting ahead while working from home (podcast) & Gone To Pot: Making The Best Out Of A Bad Marijuana Investment.

In one hour you get to meet a bunch of the new Harris County civil judges. This event is 9am-10am Wednesday March 29. You get donuts, coffee and .5 hours MCLE credit. No RSVP necessary, just go to Harris County Civil Courthouse, 17th Floor, Ceremonial Courtroom Conference Suite at 201 Caroline Street. …

For the water cooler: Oregon judge allows video game designer to change sex to ‘agender’; Chicago officers faulted for misconduct went unpunished after their cases got lost in the system; The Law Schools With The Highest LSAT Scores; Utah adopts country’s toughest drunken driving standard; Supreme Court Says You Can Copyright Elements Of ‘Useful Articles’ — Which May Spell Disaster For 3D Printing & More; Corporate law prof is accused of stealing more than $4M from investors; Reinventing Professionals: From BigLaw partner to ethical hacker; Lawyer is among four killed in shootings at Wisconsin law office and bank; Biglaw Lawyers Behaving Badly: The Elite 8 (Part 2); Could Biglaw See Another Associate Pay Raise — Followed By A Recession? & Social workers charged with felony child abuse in boy’s death at the hands of his mother.

For the water cooler: Trump Lawyer Allegedly Sinks Claws Into Teen Over Cat-Scratch Website; Law Professor Arrested On Charges He Embezzled Millions; Nevada ratifies Equal Rights Amendment decades after deadline; Biglaw Associates Offered Work/Life Balance Perks That Go Unused; Fake asylum claims lead to federal prison sentence for immigration lawyer; Gorsuch confirmation hearings, Day 4: He is portrayed as empathetic, yet bad for the little guy; Twitter user charged with aggravated assault for sending strobe image that gave journalist a seizure; Despite significant rise in US News & World Report rankings, law school dean placed on leave; Is Stuttering A Reason Not To Hire Someone?; Federal judge blocks law that bars foreign-born citizen’s marriage; Can for-profit InfiLaw schools be had on the cheap, and would they be worth it?; Experts say AI isn’t replacing lawyers, but it can make them more efficient & Standard Of Review: NBC’s Trial & Error Is A Promising Yet Inconsistent True-Crime Spoof.

For the water cooler: Copyright law protects decorative features on cheerleading uniform, SCOTUS rules; With Harvard Law taking the GRE as admissions test, what does that mean for other schools?; Jones Day Responds To Critics With Standard Petulant Hissy Fit; Supreme Court Smacks 10th Circuit DURING Neil Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing; Trendspotting? Major U.K. Client Refuses To Pay Junior Biglaw Attorneys; Virginia governor formally pardons ‘Norfolk Four’ wrongly convicted in 1997 rape and murder case; Supreme Court rules schools must provide special ed students a chance to make ‘meaningful progress’; Court Grants Custody to Three Parents – We May Not Need ‘Duncles’ Much Longer; Deutsche Bank will refuse to pay UK and European law firms for work done by junior attorneys; secures $12 million in venture capital funding & River Declared a Person.

For the water cooler: Did antidepressant or job stress cause BigLaw partner’s suicide? Jury to; Fewer Than Half Of Likely Voters Can Name A Single Supreme Court Justice; State drops criminal case against former city bar president over $300 million web gambling operation; Lawyer for Roman Polanski asks for time served in 40-year-old rape case; Philadelphia district attorney indicted on bribery and corruption charges; Law School Dean Rips Bar Examiners; Supreme Court rules patent holders may not bar otherwise timely lawsuits with laches; SCOTUS limits president’s power in making temporary appointments; DC lawyer sues Trump over financial disclosure form; Breastfeeding Mom Told To Pump Next To Courthouse Urinal; Civil rights lawsuit of Illinois man detained over bottle of vitamins can go forward, SCOTUS rules & After firing by Trump, ex-US Attorney Bharara joins NYU Law as scholar in residence.

For the water cooler: Google vows to fight search warrant seeking the names of everyone who Googled crime victim; Army veteran asks senators, appeals board for help to stop his deportation; More Biglaw Firms Join The Future Of Law Practice By Offering Telecommuting Programs; 4 Tips for Not Getting Sued When Changing Jobs; Lower-Court Judicial Nominations By The Trump Administration; Family court judge rules Obergefell applies retroactively, and women had a common-law marriage; 2 Quick Ways To Get Your Law School Acceptances Revoked; Guy Who Got a C on Constitutional-Amendment Paper GETS CONSTITUTION AMENDED; Arbitrator rules against former executive director of State Bar of California; Live blog of confirmation hearings, Day 1: Gorsuch says judges aren’t politicians in robes; Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants lacks guidelines for businesses that hire them; DOJ files brief in opposition to CFPB’s leadership structure & Under Sessions’ Department of Justice, LGBT community worries about hate crime prosecutions.